Seasonal Appetites

The Blog of Author Beth Dooley

Shockingly sweet!

Carrots! Jam-packed with flavor; crunchy and sweet. They’re delicious now and even better several weeks later. See, these are storage carrots, a variety whose sugars develop after they are harvested. (Later in the year you can find them in the natural food co-ops when they are released from storage in February). Loaded with anti-oxidents, vitamins [...]

Report from Featherstone Farm

Just back from Featherstone Farm in Winona, Minnesota where the cabbage, kale, storage carrots, winter squash, and beets are all coming in big and strong. There was a hard rain there on Wednesday and the temperatures have dropped. These are the hearty and heartwarming vegetables that will keep us going through the colder months of [...]

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    Beth Dooley is the author of six cookbooks, including Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland (a James Beard Award Nominee) co-written with Lucia Watson. Restaurant Critic and food writer for Mpls/St.Paul Magazine, the Star Tribune, and The Mix; she appears monthly on KARE 11-TV.
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